Ash of the Front

About the game

Forty years of war, one valley, and the last road to a city that still has power. You command the Ash Corps against the Rust Legion, and Marshal Weyland talks you through each mission before it starts. Objectives range from holding points and wrecking enemy batteries to protecting your HQ.

Hundreds of soldiers can be on screen at once. They drop prone, storm buildings and shoot from windows, while shells knock walls down and fire creeps across grass. Win a mission, collect tokens, spend them on army upgrades. There is also a skirmish on a random map.

How to play

• PC: LMB selects a squad or drags a box, RMB sends orders, and RMB on a building moves the company in. Drag with RMB to set a firing line.
• Call reinforcements with 1–0, strikes with Z X C V. Move the camera with WASD, zoom with the wheel, pause with Esc.
• Phone: tap a squad, then tap the ground to send it. One finger pans, two zoom. Side buttons: All, Line, Halt, Clear.
• Reinforcement and strike cards sit along the bottom edge. Pick a card, then tap the map to aim a strike.

• Free
• No download
• Works on phones